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Danny Nardico: The Only Fighter to Drop Jake LaMotta By Dan Cuoco Daniel Richard Nardico was born on Friday, July ...

Charley Fusari: The Irvington Milkman By Dan Cuoco Charley Fusari was born Calogero Fusari in Alcamo, in the Province of Trapani, ...

LONG OVERDUE A review-appreciation by Roger Zotti of Mark Allen Baker’s Tony Canzoneri: The Boxing Life of a Five-Time World ...

1950s TV Darling Ralph "Tiger" Jones By Dan Cuoco Ralph "Tiger" Jones was born Ralph Josiah Jones in Brooklyn, New ...

With his latest book, Clash of the Little Giants – George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in ...

Virgil Akins: His Long Journey to the World Welterweight Title by Dan Cuoco Virgil Akins was born in St. Louis, ...

Book Review and Interview by Roger Zotti of Willie Pep Biography by Mark Allen Baker My first recollections of Willie ...

Joe Miceli: The Enigma By Dan Cuoco Joseph Anthony Miceli was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 8, 1929 ...

Lou Ambers: A Biography of the World Lightweight Champion and Hall of Famer By Mark Allen Baker About the Book Born ...

HIS NAME IS GEORGE DIXON by Roger Zotti I am a white, middle-class author already more than a decade older ...

Book Review: “Damage: The Untold Story Of Brain Trauma In Boxing” By Tris Dixon Boxing’s Human Demolition Derby (Courtesy of ...

Eder Jofre Brazil’s First Boxing World Champion by Christopher J. Smith Book Review by Monte Cox Eder Jofre, Brazil’s First ...

THE SWEET SCIENCE IN THE NUTMEG STATE A review by Roger Zotti of Mark Allen Baker’s Connecticut Boxing . ...

When Two Ring Greats Collided Brian Doogan's book, The SuperFight: Marvelous Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard, is reviewed by Patrick Myler ...

“. . . BECAUSE OF THE COLOR LINE” An interview with Mark Allen Baker and a review of his newest ...

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A REFEREE A review of Mike Silver’s The Night the Referee Hit Back By Roger Zotti Swing The ...

Sugar Ray Robinson Again Named Greatest Boxer of All Time (Revised 2/26/2020) by Monte Cox Sugar Ray Robinson has once ...

MUCH MORE THAN A BOXING RING By Roger Zotti I hope [readers] smile, frown, laugh and cry, as they realize ...

NIPPER PAT DALY – A PRO AT AGE OF TEN! Book review by Patrick Myler Talk about sending a boy ...

A LOOK AT “THE NEBRASKA WILDCAT” By Roger Zotti Ace Hudkins was a blond thunderbolt in his heyday….His one thought ...

The Story of Welsh Boxing: Prize Fighters of Wales by Lawrence Davies BOOK REVIEW by John Ochs With his latest ...

Steve Canton's FBHOF Training Seminar June 22, 2019 Trainer Steve Canton FBHOF Class of 2009 discusses "The Fine Points of ...

MARK ALLEN BAKER DISCUSSES HIS BIOGRAPHY OF “THE LITTLE CHAMP” by Roger Zotti “[Abe] Attell was one of the most ...

Jess Willard Heavyweight Champion of the World by Arly Allen BOOK REVIEW By Kelly Nicholson Near the end of 1908, ...

All sport disciplines have basic fundamentals and when problems occur, the great athletes return to the basics. Boxing is no ...

The Brain Of A BoxerThis Very Important DocumentaryAvailable On Amazon, ITunes, and Google Play April 6thby Bobby FranklinA year and ...

Tough Little Specimens of the Light Weight Order: The Establishment of Lightweight Prize-Fighting in the United States during the 1850sby ...

LIGHTS, CAMERA, AND ACTION! A review of Samuel Hawley’s The Fight That Started the Movies By Roger Zotti Samuel Hawley’s ...

Jose Becerra: The Guadalajara Cobra by Dan Cuoco Jose Becerra was born on April 15, 1936 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico ...

Author of 100+ boxing historical essays. Inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame (FBHOF) in 2014 as a historian ...

Martin Flaherty By Timmy Marcos Martin Flaherty was born on February 4, 1873 in Lowell, MA to Mary and Tom ...

Dan Cuoco is a boxing historian and executive director of the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO). IBRO was organized in ...

(Long-time boxing matchmaker, promoter, booking agent Johnny Bos passed away last weekend in Florida at the age of 61.  J ...

Tracy G. Callis is a boxing historian and the Director of Historical Research for the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) ...

A Look Back at the Career of former Middleweight Contender Rory Calhoun By Dan Cuoco Rory Calhoun was born Herman ...

MIKE MCCALLUM: THE BODY SNATCHER By Austin Killeen It is a typical hot summer day on the Island, where ocean ...

Remembering Paolo Rosi By Dan Cuoco There are many stories of past greats and famous boxers that have been written ...

Marion Conner, An Appreciation by Bobby Franklin I first met Marion Conner in 1965. I was a ten year old ...

BOB FOSTER: THE BORGER BANGER By Austin Killeen Want to make some quick money? Bet ten boxing historians where Bob ...

JAMES "QUICK" TILLIS: THE FIGHTING COWBOY By Austin Killeen It was early on a Monday morning and I was driving ...

The Curious Case of Norman Selby By Kelly Nicholson "The Kid has a mean streak running from the top of ...

BOOK REVIEW by Springs Toledo UnCrowned Champions by J.J. Johnston and Don Cogswell Uncrowned Champions is a collection of essays ...

DAVEY LEE ARMSTRONG: THE AMBIDEXTROUS WONDER By Austin Killeen Unlike most newborns, when Davey Armstrong entered this world he wasn't ...

AURELIO HERRERA- Boxing’s First Latino Superstar by Douglas Cavanaugh PRELUDE There was nothing special about the shrunken, sad little man ...

The Great Mickey Walker By Kelly Nicholson The world, by heaven, had a fighter on its hands when Edward Patrick ...

ALVARO "YAQUI" LOPEZ: THE ZACATECAS MATADOR By Austin Killeen Sitting in the comfort of Yaqui's living room, I asked if ...

Angelo "The Bomber" DeFendis By Richard D. Biondi Angelo DeFendis was born as one of three boys to Marco and ...

JEFF SMITH “The Bayonne Globetrotter” By Douglas Cavanaugh “My toughest fight was with Jeff Smith. [Tommy] Gibbons gave me a ...

RICHARD "MR. KO" SAVALA: DESCENT INTO HELL By Austin Killeen Knowing Richard's family background, it's no surprise that pugilism would ...

TONY “THE TIGER’ LOPEZ: SACRAMENTO’S HIDDEN TREASURE By Austin Killeen With his father a former pro and his older brother ...

Gans Centennial Events in Baltimore, Maryland By Colleen Aycock A century after his death, Veterans of Ring 101, citizens of ...

Oregon Veterans Boxers Association Annual Picnic By Austin Killeen   When I accepted an invitation to the Oregon Veterans Boxers ...

EDUARDO LAUSSE The Man They Called "KO" By Douglas Cavanaugh Argentina has a proud and long standing boxing tradition that ...

THE SAGA OF IKE WEIR, “THE BELFAST SPIDER” By Douglas Cavanaugh He was the greatest featherweight of his day. He ...

LOUIE BURKE: CHILD OF DESTINY By Austin Killeen Louie and his father were doing an interview with ESPN before his ...

LARRY BUCK: THE BATTLING BEAUTICIAN By Austin Killeen Every boxer I’ve interviewed has his own story of how he got ...

Here is my final revision of Italian Ring Stars by era. The three eras are: Pioneer Group (Prior to 1920); ...

Book Review ‘Joe Gans. A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion’. Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott By ...

If you’ve ever wondered how boxing superstars like Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., ...

Ted Carroll wrote about Charley Rose in The Ring: March 1958 - A Perennial Rose; October 1961 - Fun and Frolic; ...

PAT McMURTRY: THE FIGHTING LEATHERNECK By Austin Killeen (Published in IBRO Journal 104, December 2009) Latin for “always faithful,” Semper ...

Buffalo's Two-Canvas KnockoutBy David MartinI thought that the members may be interested in the enclosed article. My wife and I ...

LEO RANDOLPH: THE GOLDEN PRODIGY By Austin Killeen (Published in IBRO Journal 103, September 2009) When the new born drew ...

Dogfight for the Title Two prizefighters important to the home of the International Boxing Hall of Fame are Dickie DiVeronica, ...

Davey Moore: The Springfield Rifle By Dan Cuoco Updated: April 27, 2021 On December 15, 2020, the International Boxing Hall ...

My Memories of Davey Moore By Stephen Gordon Where to begin? I've been avoiding writing about this for decades as ...

Raul (Raton) Macias By Dan Cuoco Raul Macias was born on July 28, 1934 in Tepito a small suburb of ...

Walter Byars: One of Boxing's Forgotten Warriors By Dan Cuoco There are many stories of past greats and famous boxers ...

Barry Allison (Mini Biography) By Austin Killeen If club fighters are the grass roots of boxing, then Barry Allison was ...

By Dan Cuoco Dave Andrews was born in Cambridge, MA on December 21, 1920. He lived in Cambridge for three ...

Vito Antuofermo: The Italian Import By Austin Killeen If I was looking for a stark contrast to the barren waste ...

A look back at the career of the fighter with one of the most colorful nicknames in boxing history - ...

Bob Benoit: A Boxing Anomaly By Austin Killeen (Published in IBRO Journal 91, September 2006) It was in the winter ...

A look back at the career of Lightweight Contender Larry Boardman A look back at the career of Lightweight Contender ...

Where have you gone Andy Callahan? By Christine Lewis In 2003 the Lawrence Historical Center received a bronze plaque from ...

BENNY CHAVEZ: THE ALMOST CHAMP by ROBERT CARSON The small shabby figure stood quietly on the street corner. A chill ...

Benny Valgar: Forgotten Boxing Master By Mike Silver (IBRO Journal # 99, September, 2008) “When it came to all around ...

Young Firpo, 2008 World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee By John Bardelli Guido Bardelli was inducted into the World Boxing ...

Don Fullmer: My Brother’s Brother By Austin Killeen (Published in IBRO Journal 96, December 2007) Driving from Albuquerque, NM, I ...

Jay Fullmer: The Forgotten Brother By Austin Killeen (Published in IBRO Journal 98, June 2008) Once again I made the ...

MARVIN HART-TRUE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION by Matt Donnellon This article attempts to redress the lack of information on this great fighter ...

Ricardo (Pajarito) Moreno Remembered By Dan Cuoco According to news reports out of Mexico, Ricardo “Pajarito” Moreno died at the ...

BOONE KIRKMAN: FISTIC FRANCHISE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST By Austin Killeen (From the December 2008 issue of the IBRO Journal) ...

DANNY LONG: THE MAN IN BLUE By Austin Killeen Published in IBRO Journal 94, June 2007 It was a beautiful ...

Jose (Toluco) Lopez By Dan Cuoco Jose (Toluco) Lopez was born Jose Lopez Hernandez on June 21, 1932 in El ...

Philadelphia's Can't Miss Prospect by Chuck Hasson Back during the 1950s, the most fertile breeding ground in boxing had to ...

German Ohm German Ohm: The Mexican Teuton By Dan Cuoco German Ohm was born of German ancestry on May 28, ...

Eddie Owens (Mini Biography) by Austin Killeen Eddie Owens had an outstanding amateur career, never losing a bout in Western ...

Iron Mike Pusateri; Protégé of the Rock By Austin Killeen (Published in IBRO Journal 92, December 2006) Driving through the ...

A Look Back at the Career of Stefan Redl By Dan Cuoco Stefan Redl was born in Heregsalva, Hungary on ...

Wilbert Skeeter McClure: THE GOLD STANDARD By Austin Killeen (Published in IBRO Journal 97, March 2008) October 29, 1938. ...

The Career of Freddie Steele Revisited By Dan Cuoco Freddie Steele was a boxing prodigy. As early as age six ...

CHUCK WIGGINS KING OF THE BACK ALLY BRAWLERS by Robert Carson On a mild evening in 1942, Chuck Wiggins sat ...

              By Michael Hunnicutt   Great punchers are born, and in some cases made ...

Development of Boxing Strategies During the Gloved Era To 2004By Michael HunnicuttThroughout the history of gloved boxing styles, techniques and ...

Vince Martinez, One of Boxing's Forgotten Warriors By Dan Cuoco There are many stories of past greats and famous boxers ...

Remembering Dick DiVeronica By Dan Cuoco Dick DiVeronica was born Ricardo DiVeronica on January 26, 1938, in Kirkville, New York, ...

The International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) looks back at the career of Reuben Vargas By Dan Cuoco Reuben Garcia Vargas ...

Ellsworth (Spider) Webb - The Forgotten Middleweight By Dan Cuoco Its amazing to me that over the years one of ...

Mexico's Bantamweight Sensations of the Fifties By Dan Cuoco When you think of Mexican bantamweights the names of Hall of ...

Henry Hank, One of Boxing's Forgotten Warriors By Dan Cuoco There are many stories of past greats and famous boxers ...

Eder Jofre – The Second Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in Boxing History By Dan Cuoco Sugar Ray Robinson is generally considered ...

By Robert Soderman (June 27, 2000) Published in IBRO Journal 67, September 22, 2000 Another book about Jack Dempsey has ...